Posted 2176 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coaching community in the spotlight - Sheffield
Thanks to community leader Lisa Read for sharing the key information about the Sheffield Coaching Exchange group that she runs.
Posted 2183 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coaching community in the spotlight - Derbyshire
Many thanks to Claire Cahill for sharing the key information about the Derbyshire coaching group and what it is that makes them unique.
Posted 2197 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Chris Grady
Chris Grady shares with us his story of the highs and lows of becoming a professional coach.
Posted 2204 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles
A journey to being a Strengths Coach
Strengthening your Awareness, Engagement and Performance. Jasper Walshe shares with us his niche of being a strengths coach and some areas where this can be applied.
Posted 2211 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Marcus Barber
Marcus Barber shares with us his story of discovering coaching and then becoming a professional coach.
Posted 2281 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Claire Griffin
Claire Griffin shares with us her story of becoming a professional coach.
Posted 2295 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Maria Kelly
I came to coaching at a time when I was very disillusioned with my career. Read how coaching helped Maria Kelly and now how she is helping others.
Posted 2302 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Tina O'Brien
I have been a Managing Director for a Medical Company for 9 years and it became very apparent that management styles were changing.
Posted 2309 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Matthew Phelps
Matthew has kindly shared his story of how he discovered coaching and his journey to qualifying.
Posted 2372 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Isabel Knight
We love to share the success stories of our coaches and the journey they have taken. Isabel has taken time out of her business diary to share her story: My Path to the Future - How I Created My Coaching Business.
Posted 2386 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Victoria Hockley
We do like shining the spotlight on our coaches here at The Coaching Academy and nothing pleases us more than hearing about all of your success stories and sharing this with our networks. Victoria Hockley has taken time out of her busy schedule to share her story with us.
Posted 2477 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Christopher Catt
We love to celebrate the success of our qualified coaches here at The Coaching Academy and share your stories with our networks. Today we are celebrating the success of Christopher Catt, who is making a real difference in his niche by combining his expertise and experience and coaching practices in his coaching business!
Posted 2484 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight Special - Julie Hickton
We do like shining the spotlight on our coaches here at The Coaching Academy and nothing pleases us more than hearing about all of your success stories and sharing this with our networks. Not just a successful executive coach, Julie Hickton is director of her own limited company, and has successfully published her first book "The Tree of Resilience".
Posted 2505 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach in the Spotlight - Katy Coulson
Katy Coulson shares her success story, where she is now and her top tips for fellow Coaching Academy students and qualified coaches moving forward.
Posted 2511 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Tasmin Sabar
Deciding to go ahead with the programme was a big decision both in terms of the money and also pushing myself outside of my comfort zone but at the same time, I wasn't happy with my situation and I knew I wanted to make big changes. So, I relied on my instinct and the gut feeling that it was the right thing to do.
Posted 2519 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Danielle Anderson
In late 2012, I decide to take a break from my previous career but wasn't quite sure where I wanted to end up. After a few months of just enjoying freedom from the 9 - 5 (or the 7:30 - 6 in my case) I needed to make some decisions.
Posted 2526 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Caroline Molloy
2013 was my year of jubilee I celebrated by becoming a personal performance coach and NLP practitioner, doing a zip wire over the river Wear, scuba diving, starting a new business and speaking at an international conference in Delhi. I have enjoyed every minute of my 50th year and I have gone from redundancy to abundance with the help of The Coaching Academy and my fellow coaches.
Posted 2547 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Ann Carver
Ann Carver is a Wealth and Personal Success Coach with a story well worth reading. Ann came to coaching and found her niche following an accumilation of debt, family loss and emotional spending. Read her story here...
Posted 2554 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Academy News, Success Stories
Coach In The Spotlight Special - Nikki Streatfield
This is a Coach In The Spotlight Special as we are very excited to be welcoming a new member of our Qualifications Team to The Coaching Academy. Meet Nikki Streatfield who joined us last month as a Coach Assessor. Read on to find out more and if you're lucky enough you'll get to speak to Nikki soon on your next practical assessment.
Posted 2610 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Alex Shann
Following my father's death a friend suggested that I speak with her mum who is a life coach. My first reaction was "gosh I must appear unstable" and my second was of excitement and enthusiasm as I have always looked upon life coaching as an LA celebrity's commodity.
Posted 2638 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Simon Ong
As the end of another year approaches, so begins my reflection on all of the amazing things that have happened in 2013. Who would have thought that a decision taken on July 6th 2012 to enroll would be a game-changer of a step towards where I am today!
Posted 2644 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Boyd Hayward
Our latest Coach In The Spotlight is drummer Boyd Hayward. His first experience of coaching was when he hired one for himself and loved the experience. After attending our 2 day certificate course he knew that coaching was a career avenue to be explored!
Posted 2652 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles, Success Stories
Coach In The Spotlight - Nigel Pacey
I came to coaching at a time of major change in my life. I worked in social housing for over 20 years... In March 2011, I suffered a stroke which left me without feeling on my entire left side and it took me three months to learn to walk unaided again.
Posted 2666 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Andrea Chapman
From a medical background as a therapy radiographer to the buzz and busyness of working through her coaching diplomas; Andrea Chapman shares her journey to becoming a coach and has a very interesting niche! As a single mum of twin boys, here's how Andrea handled the experience.
Posted 2673 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Nicky Raby
Nicky Raby shares her coaching journey with us and discusses exactly how the power of goal setting has helped to keep her on track and in line for success! Read her story here...
Posted 2680 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Anne Lewis
Our latest Coach In The Spotlight is Anne Lewis, who shares her journey towards living the life she has always wanted. In Anne's own words she had been "hiding away" from life until she embarked on her coaching journey and things started to change for her.
Posted 2687 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Jennie Lockley
This is a very touching Coach In The Spotlight from Jennie Lockley. Having been a registered nurse since 1980, she always had a passion for encouraging and building confidence in people. Having joined The Coaching Academy with a master plan to qualify quickly Jennie really did have to face some challenges head on. What a journey, thank you for sharing!
Posted 2715 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
Coach In The Spotlight Special - Annie Ashdown
It's time to shine our spotlight on another coach success story! Nothing pleases us more than when our coaches get in touch to share their news. So, when graduate from 2002, Annie Ashdown contacted us to let us know about her 2nd book, we were keen to find out what else she's been up to for the past decade...
Posted 2722 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
Coach In The Spotlight - Helen Watts
It seems a little odd to be writing something about success when I feel like I'm only at the beginning of my coaching life - but perhaps there's something in there about celebrating the small steps forward towards our dreams... hmmm, those sound like coaching words to me!
Posted 2736 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Simone Vincenzi
Hi, my name is Simone Vincenzi and I can finally say that I am a qualified Coach with The Coaching Academy. I received my diploma in Personal Performance Coaching a couple of weeks ago. What a relief and in particular... What a journey!! Here's my story...
Posted 2743 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Christene Burgess
What brings our coaches to the world of coaching and what becomes of them after they've officially graduated and become a professional qualified coach? These are some of the questions answered in our regular Coach In The Spotlight story and here's Christene Burgess for you.
Posted 2749 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles
Story Of A Coach In Training
If you've ever wondered what it is like to be a student of The Coaching Academy, training to be a Professional Coach, then this blog post is for you! We do love a trainee coach with gusto so when student Claudia Brown, Coach in Training, proposed an article providing a first-hand account for what it's like to be a Coach in training we jumped at the chance.
Posted 2785 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight
Trainer In The Spotlight Special - Lorraine Thomas
We do like shining the spotlight on our coaches here at The Coaching Academy and nothing pleases us more than hearing about all of your success stories and sharing this with our networks. Not just a successful coach but also a trainer for The Coaching Academy, Lorraine Thomas has been making waves in the parent coaching arena and was featured in this month's Prima Baby.
Posted 2792 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Marina Kogan
Recently back from Russia having provided some corporate and individual coaching in Novosibirsk, we caught up with Marina Kogan to find out a bit more about her life as a Coach and feature her as our next Coach in the Spotlight. To find out more, read on...
Posted 2799 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
Coaches In The Spotlight - Karen Jones and Joanne Spencer
We are delighted to feature not just one coach in the spotlight but two highly experienced coaches, Karen Jones and Joanne Spencer. Together they run two highly successful businesses, work as a job share and still manage to find time to create a great work-life balance. To find out how they do it, read their Spotlight feature here...
Posted 2804 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories, Trainer in the Spotlight
Trainer In The Spotlight - Merete Langler
Merete will hopefully be a familiar face and voice to a lot of you. She's done an incredible amount for us here at The Coaching Academy and has worn many hats during her years with us. As a qualified Coach and NLP Practitioner with her own business she works with small business owners and young people who are making major life choices. Find out more about Merete here.
Posted 2813 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Success Stories
Coach In The Spotlight - Paul Knee
Paul Knee is our latest Coach in the Spotlight with a very interesting story. Paul says, "for me the most interesting development since becoming a coach was how much 'un-learning' I had to do and then how much re-learning i had to do around self-awareness". Read his story here...
Posted 2820 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Jose Garcia
My first contact with coaching goes back to 2002 during my first working experience in UK. At the time I was too young and I was advised to gain further life experience to get the most of the training and this is what I did for the next 10 years.
Posted 2827 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight, Trainer in the Spotlight
Trainer In The Spotlight - Dawn Harvey
Dawn Harvey has been involved in coaching since 2005 when she started her own coaching and training business. She specialises in leadership, communication and commercial awareness and is involved in developing coaching cultures within the NHS. It is time to shine the spotlight on our energetic trainer and mentor.
Posted 2834 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, Coaching Articles, In The Spotlight
Coach In The Spotlight - Caroline Love
I have wanted to become a coach for years, ever since I first heard of life coaching. I am passionate about helping people to live their lives to their full potential. I have a range of people management experience having worked in all sorts of different areas of the NHS. There were several reasons why I decided the time was right for me to follow my dream of becoming a coach and apply for redundancy...
Posted 2855 Days Ago in: Coach Spotlight, In The Spotlight, Success Stories
Meet Coach In The Spotlight - Andrew Miller
As I progressed higher within the organisation for which I previously worked, I realised that I was more interested in people than in businesses and processes. I had not heard of coaching at this stage, but when a colleague mentioned it to me, I realised that I had been coaching people naturally all along.
